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President Bush denies an IOC bid for a truce during the Winter Olympics. He will ask for a U.N. resolution that athletes be allowed safe travel during the Games.

Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt activates 1,900 National Guard troops to assist with security for the Games.

The families of at least two victims of the Sept. 11 attacks are suing Osama bin Laden in an attempt to tap into millions of dollars in frozen assets.

WASHINGTON

Adhering to Secret Service recommendations, President Bush will close the White House to public tours this holiday season.

BIOTERRORISM

Homeland security chief Thomas J. Ridge says he will create a network to alert federal, state and local officials to biological threats.